The Speaker Company Home Theater Speaker - Manual (Page 5)

The Speaker Company Home Theater Speaker System Page 5
If you’re a movie fan, mount the surround speakers on the side
walls flanking your primary listening/viewing position. Make sure
they’re slightly behind your couch or chair and at least 1.5 to 2’ above
ear level.
Try not to place furniture between your speakers and your
listening/viewing position. Make sure you can see all your speakers
when seated there.
Subwoofer Placement
Subwoofers are not as easy to place properly as some people might
have you believe. Although bass frequencies are omnidirectional (they
spread evenly into a room), you cannot place your subwoofer virtually
anywhere and enjoy quality bass reproduction.
Here are some practical hints.
·
For more bass, put the subwoofer in or close to a room corner. If
you do, however, know that the resulting bass response will most
likely be very uneven. Some frequencies will be emphasized.
Others will be suppressed. And that pattern of exaggeration and
repression will change as you move about the room!
· For a bit less bass but more even frequency response, move the
subwoofer away from the corner along one wall.
· If that still doesn’t please you, then move the subwoofer further out
into the room. You’ll have less overall “boom” but probably higher
overall sound quality.
Once you’ve decided on general placement, there’s another technique
that will help you fine­tune your subwoofer’s ideal location.
1. Identify your favorite listening/viewing position.
2. Put the Subwoofer there. (Yes, we mean put it on or in your favorite
chair or sofa. Don’t worry, the furniture will handle the weight.)
3. Play some music or a soundtrack with a lot of bass content.
4. Crawl around the room on all fours until you find the place where the
bass sounds the best to you.
5. Put the Subwoofer there.
Connecting Your Speaker System
Now that you have your speakers placed properly, it’s time to connect
them.
Before you begin connecting your
speakers, turn your system
components OFF. That way, you won’t
run any chance of “shorting” your
amplifier and possibly damaging it as
you’re hooking up your speakers. And,
of course, turn your system back ON
when you’re done!
Method 1 (Line Level Connection)
If your surround sound receiver has a line­level LFE (Low Frequency
Effects) output – sometimes called a “subwoofer” output – connect it to
the subwoofer’s rear panel Subwoofer Input via a shielded RCA­to­RCA
cable. See your receiver’s instruction manual for more details.